Worst Drought In The History Of California Is Happening Right Now

[04kL4nD]

Because Mexico doesn't really give a ***** about the environment or the long term consequences associated with it?

[Bunjee]

Originally Posted by sargentodiaz

I read an article not long ago that a huge desalinization plant is being built between Tijuana and Ensenada in Baja. It should not only provide ample fresh water to those two areas but provide surplus to the area south of San Diego.

How can a poor country like Mexico build one and not California?

Again, there are desal plants underway. One is in construction in Carlsbad, the other is undergoing more feasibility studies in Huntington Beach. We still have to bear in mind that this is not a passive process but one that requires energy to push water through the membranes--energy enough that it doubles the prevailing price for water. In the ideal world we'd use passive solar.

I have wondered if it's possible to create tanks and sink them into the deep ocean, allowing pressure of those depths to force water through the membranes. But we'd still have to devote energy to siphoning it to shore. Any way we look at it there are huge costs that fiscal responsibility requires we regard closely.

[sargentodiaz]

Originally Posted by 04kL4nD

Because Mexico doesn't really give a ***** about the environment or the long term consequences associated with it?

Huh? Where did that come from? Are you insinuating that desalinization plants somehow harm the environment?

Please explain -with links.

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by sargentodiaz

How can a poor country like Mexico build one and not California?

Meanwhile, here in the real world: Desalination plant on course for 2016 | UTSanDiego.com